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Trump, Melania Vote In Florida

Glimpses of Election Day across the USA. IMAGE: Republican presidential nominee Donald J Trump with wife Melania alongside speaks to reporters after he voted at the Mandel Recreation......

Modi raises H-1B visas issue with Biden: Foreign Secretary Shringla

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first-ever in-person meeting with President Joe Biden raised a number of issues involving the Indian community in America, including access for Indian......

Did Harambe have to die?

'It's a humiliating time to be a human being.' It's a pity that the magnificent 17-year-old gorilla is dead. But it's not enough to hang our heads in shame or comfort ourselves with clicktivism,......

REWIND: Best images in the past 24 hours

Here's a collection of some of the best photos from around the world shot in the last 24 hours. A child rescued from Boko Haram in Sambisa forest is attended to at a clinic at the......

Ebola alert: Second death in US as Sierra Leone doctor succumbs

A doctor from Sierra Leone, who was being treated at a US hospital for Ebola, died on Monday. This is the second death in the country due to the deadly virus which has killed thousands of people in......

What I learnt from Warren Buffett

Fund manager Gautam Sinha Roy shares what he has learnt from Warren Buffett after attending Berkshire Hathaway AGMs over the years. Come May, and tens of thousands of serious investors descend on......

Buffett on US-China, missing Amazon story, cryptocurrency

Here’s a pick of what Warrenn Buffett had to say over the weekend, and his annual ‘Woodstock for Capitalists’. Saturday saw the staging of ‘Woodstock for......

Why Hasmukh Adhia is so wrong on LTCG tax

To say capital gains from stocks are effortless shows little understanding of the treacherous investing terrain, says Debashis Basu. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com A few weeks ago I wrote......

'Sensex earnings may grow 23% or more in FY17'

'Home loan has a long future and is one of the best growth stories in India.' 'The real upgrades will start after monsoon. If monsoon turns out as predicted, it will have a salutary effect this......

Succession is a lesson even Buffett hasn't learnt

It is almost puzzling to see more old men and women hang around long enough for people to begin wondering 'why not retire?' Warren Buffett is a wise man. The chairman and chief executive officer......

How about Alia and Bhumi together in a movie?

Savouring Spielberg's fierce, fine, movie; salivating over MAMI 2017's line-up; gobbling a Shrek cake; visualising a desi Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants with Alia, Bhumi and more in Sukanya......

Review: The Descendants is a triumph of human imperfection

Shaikh Ayaz raves about George Clooney's Oscar-nominated film, The Descendants. Among many things, The Descendants is a film of infinite surprises and of breezy calm that is usually associated with......

The Indian who inspired Sean Penn

Graffiti in an Omaha, Nebraska, alleyway in the US quoting Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore left such a deep impression on Sean Penn that it was instrumental in his humanitarian and philanthropic......

This girl was mistaken for a boy, thrown out of tourney

US football greats cheer Nebraska girl barred from competition IMAGE: Mili Hernandez, 8 year old female soccer player seen in undated photo released by WOWT NBC in Omaha, Nebraska, US, June 6,......

Road to Rio a bumpy one for Franklin

‘I've been saying I don't think I swam it as well as I could have’ ‘But you know what? I got a spot, and that's all I needed to do’ IMAGE: Swimmer Missy Franklin poses for......

Phelps, Lochte add chapter to rivalry, Clary closes book

IMAGE: Michael Phelps (right) and Ryan Lochte react after the mens 200 meter individual medley final in the U.S. Olympic swimming team trials at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday.......

Olympic champ Phelps swims his way to Rio Games

IMAGE: Michael Phelps during the finals for the men's 200 meter butterfly in the US Olympic swimming team trials at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska on Wednesday. Photograph: Rob......

Former heavyweight champion Morrison dies at 44

Former world heavyweight champion Tommy Morrison, who was widely known for his power-punching style, a charismatic smile and role in the Rocky V movie, has died at the age of 44. The boxer's former......

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